17-year-old Rowan Atkinson, electrical engineering student at Newcastle University, 1972.

by Shiny-Tie-126

29 comments
  1. 17 years old at an English university. Had he skipped a year? Because usually it’s 18+.

  2. Does anyone else find it very shocking that there was only 1 series of Mr bean and only 15 episodes? I could have sworn as a kid I saw 100 episodes

  3. I thought Rowan Atkinson went to Oxford. The more you know.

    I wonder if he based his most famous character Mr Bean off anyone. 🤔

  4. I am so old I remember when he had a Geordie accent on Not the Nine O’Clock News.

  5. He looks like one of the women who used to go and get their hair permed with my nan. He looks young but old at the same time.

  6. Fun fact, I went to school with Rowan’s nephew. His dad (Rowan’s brother) are twins. Had to double take first time when I saw my mates dad thinking it was Rowan.

  7. Poor James Acaster… THIS is the guy who stole his girl.

  8. I’m also an electrical engineer and I’m honored to say that I act just like Mr.Bean in social settings.

  9. And somehow that fucker managed to steal James Acaster’s girlfriend.

  10. I thought this was r/vintageladyboners for a second and was like um………you do you ig

  11. What a legend! You have to be smart to be an iconic comedian

  12. An old neighbour of mine grew up on the same street as him. Apparently no one would play with him as he was weird

  13. Damn fine looking for an electrical engineer! Like Brad Pitt with a multimeter!

  14. I’ve read somewhere that he has a iq higher than Einstein’s.

  15. It seems quite alarming that a 1972 photo now seems interchangeable with a similar 1890s photo.

  16. Did they have personal statements back then? I’ve been so engrossed in university applications recently that’s the first thing that came to mind 😭.

  17. Dude has been an absolute baller his entire life. Those frames were the same worn by the very famous, very successful, and laureates.

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